[Mitch]

OK, so what I did was take your idea, use the css from Names, add the part that mattered to the template style sheet with the changes and an !important and tied it to that specific widget-id in the css manager. Voila! Some additional widget styling and we’re good to go. Thanks!

[Mitch]

OK, here’s what I did… please point me in a better direction if you have it. I modified the css file of the Names template to make it ONE column instead of 4 (or 3,2,1, as responsive). Then I just put the shortcode in a text widget [connections template="names" category='6' department='featured'], and modified the look with css.

Obviously, I hate to lose the Names template for other use. Could I duplicate that template, rename it, and then have both?

Any better ideas are appreciated.

Thanks!

[Mitch]

After adding a metric ton of css to a sample theme, the last thing I was thinking was more css. (Forest and Trees thing). :)

So that code didn’t work, but this did…

#cn-list .cn-entry-single span.link { display: block; }
#cn-list span.link { display: none; }

Not sure if that will mess anything up, but it worked. Thanks for pointing me in a direction. Please let me know if that is going to blow something up. :)

[Mitch]

Ahh, those things happen when you’re pumping out bigger and better code so often. :)

That adds a different conundrum. I wanted to NOT show the links on the main homepage layout of multiple records, but DID want to show it on the single entry – connectionshomepage/company/companyname page.

No can do??

[Mitch]

No worries, for now I’d rather not trouble you as I know you’re working diligently to push 0.7.8 out the door. :)

[Mitch]

Well, thought I’d update my own ticket. It seems to be a plugin conflict with the mobile ‘swiper’ plugin Photoswipe. Bummer, as that is a cool feature, but until I find a resolution, I need to deactivate as connections is more important.

If you know of a work-around, love to hear it.

Thanks.

[Mitch]

Congrats on the continued pursuit of the dream. You know I’ll keep buying your products and supporting your work – not sure if I can buy three dozen more add-ons though! :)

Looking forward to 0.7.8 and yes, definitely LMK on Locate or Export or any other add-ons you’d like a beta tester for.

Have a great day!

[Mitch]

OK, can’t shake thinking about this… so, if what you have list in Git for 0.7.8 includes this permalink improvement (19 days!) :), am I also then safe to assume that if I place an instance of “facebook_comments” – on Connections URL ‘pages’ (via a hook and conditioned specifically on the category I assign to these URL pages) – that people will be able to comment on these Connections URL ‘pages’, have those comments post back to facebook, and it will include the company logo (would likely need to be the ‘featured image’ somehow) that I have on that record, the excerpt from the record and a link back to that URL ‘page’/record?

How cool would that be? Does that even make sense the way I explained it?

[Mitch]

Understand, but the link = false at the shortcode level would apply to all records in that page/instance of the shortcode, which wouldn’t work in my envisioned application.

And I agree, the details (single entry) page is very important. Having created dozens of ‘company’ pages (manually, ugh) and using the records’ ‘Website’ link to link to those internal pages (clumsy workaround, much?) :) the single entry/detail pages will be awesome (selectively). :)

As far as the tabs, I had used a tab plugin on those internally created ‘company’ pages, and I guess I should try that within the structure of Bio and Info. I’ll let you know how it plays out.

Thanks!

[Mitch]

Sweet. That is the plugin I use on most of the sites, though I’ve also been testing some (like the share features in Jetpack) which retain the old “share” function vs. just ‘Like.’

Re: Bio. So I use both the Bio and Info fields on records (I’d use a third panel, if one were available, hint, hint) :) depending on the ‘level’ of directory entry. While a customizable Category Description would be a *very* welcome addition, I still want to go on record as saying it would be nice to be able to *selectively* enable the permalink (and then related display of that bio info) that directs to a single entry page.

I dunno, I guess it would be fine to have all the permalinks ON, however I just think the display of the single entry doesn’t look that great for records that have no additional information (intentionally) in the bio or info tabs.

Just my three cents. :) I welcome your persuasive thoughts on it. I think from all the way back to my original custom template many moons ago, you’ve been right in nearly every issue vs. how I thought I should do things. LOL.

Thanks!

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